The city of San Jose recently approved a $400,000 settlement for a former San Jose police officer who says he was harassed for being Muslim. The former officer says he was subjected to jokes and teasing about September 11, and being a member of ISIS. After years on the force, his attorney says he’d had enough, left the department, and then filed a lawsuit.
A former San Jose police officer will receive a $400,000 payout to settle a lawsuit that claimed his colleagues subjected him to constant Islamophobic harassment.
Nabil Haidar alleged anti-Muslim harassment by his colleagues over a period of years; the city and department argued it was part of off-color banter that he also participated in.